Arca galei Wiedey 1928 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182

Belongs to Arca according to L. W. Wiedey 1928

Sister taxa: Arca (Arca), Arca (Byssoarca), Arca (Fossularca), Arca (Litharca), Arca (Tosarca), Arca abrupta, Arca aldrichi, Arca angusta, Arca aquila, Arca arcta, Arca augusta, Arca aviculoides, Arca azzarolae, Arca bavarica, Arca bezanconi, Arca biangula, Arca blanfordi, Arca bouvieri, Arca brahminica, Arca budoensis, Arca caelata, Arca camaronesia, Arca capulopsis, Arca cardiiformis, Arca cardioides, Arca chemnitzi, Arca chevallieri, Arca choffati, Arca cholana, Arca clarki, Arca clathrata, Arca clellandi, Arca cordata, Arca coxi, Arca cultrata, Arca dalli, Arca debilis, Arca delandensis, Arca divaricata, Arca douvillei, Arca feddeni, Arca formosissima, Arca fuscoides, Arca geulemensis, Arca harrisi, Arca hispida, Arca holmesii, Arca imperialis, Arca incerta, Arca interrupta, Arca japetica, Arca kannegieteri, Arca koerti, Arca koumaci, Arca labiata, Arca lactea, Arca larkhanaensis, Arca lata, Arca laudunensis, Arca leopoliensis, Arca limula, Arca mcnairyensis, Arca mekranica, Arca miliacea, Arca minuata, Arca nannodes, Arca navicularis, Arca negata, Arca newtoni, Arca nitida, Arca noae, Arca nuda, Arca obeidi, Arca ovata, Arca pacifica, Arca pantheonensis, Arca paratina, Arca particularis, Arca peethensis, Arca perpectinata, Arca perradiata, Arca prephina, Arca protracta, Arca pseudoantiquata, Arca pseudonavicularis, Arca quadrilatera, Arca radiata, Arca rudis, Arca salomonensis, Arca sandbergeri, Arca silverdalensis, Arca socialis, Arca spiekeri, Arca squamosa, Arca striatula, Arca stricklandi, Arca subfiligrana, Arca sublata, Arca submultiformis, Arca sulcicosta, Arca symphenacis, Arca syracusensis, Arca tirolensis, Arca tjidamarensis, Arca trapezia, Arca uhligi, Arca valdensis, Arca valdiviana, Arca vanholsti, Arca vaughani, Arca wagneriana, Arca zebra, Scapharca zorritensis, Arcoptera elegantula, Arcoptera wagneriana, Arcoptera lateareata, Arcoptera ampla, Arcoptera schlosseri, Arcoptera canaliculata, Arcoptera areata, Arcoptera vixareata, Navicula tutamoensis

Type specimen: SDSNH 21, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 427, Benedict Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 427, Benedict Canyon

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